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The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states.

Virginia News |
Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in Virginia, 7 other states

July 11, 2024 at 8:51 a.m.

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states.

General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles don't comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.

Business |
GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide

July 3, 2024 at 4:51 p.m.

General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles don't comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.

The Biden administration says it's releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the move is intended lower costs for American families and consumers in time for the summer driving season. AAA says prices averaged about $3.60 per gallon as of Tuesday, up 6 cents from a year ago. The Northeast reserve was created a decade ago and is separate from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Texas and Louisiana.

National News |
Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

May 21, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

The Biden administration says it's releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer....

Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Environment |
Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down

April 25, 2024 at 11:27 a.m.

Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

National News |
Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they’re getting new protections

April 16, 2024 at 8:36 p.m.

Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black...

More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule. Officials say Tuesday's rule advances President Joe Biden’s commitment to environmental justice with health protections for communities burdened by industrial pollution from chemicals. The rule applies to facilities in Texas, Louisiana, the Ohio River Valley, West Virginia, the upper South and elsewhere. The rule benefits a majority-Black Louisiana town EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited in 2021. Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, Louisiana, is the largest source of chloroprene emissions in the U.S. and will have to reduce emissions. Denka says it has complied with air permitting requirements and opposes the EPA’s action.

Business |
New EPA rule says 218 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer

April 10, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

More than 200 chemical plants nationwide must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule. Officials say Tuesday's rule advances President Joe Biden’s commitment...

The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually reach nearly the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rules announced Wednesday come as sales of electric vehicles, which are needed to meet the standards, have begun to slow.

Business |
EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

March 21, 2024 at 8:55 a.m.

The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually reach nearly the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rules announced Wednesday come...

The Biden administration has announced new automobile emissions standards that officials call the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe limits proposed last year but eventually reach nearly the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rules announced Wednesday come as sales of electric vehicles, which are needed to meet the standards, have begun to slow. The auto industry cited lower sales growth in objecting to the earlier EPA proposal. Under its final rule, the industry could meet the limits if 56% of new vehicle sales are electric by 2032, along with 13% plug-in hybrids or other partially electric cars and more efficient gasoline-powered cars.

National News |
EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

March 23, 2024 at 12:47 p.m.

The Biden administration has announced new automobile emissions standards that officials call the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax initial tailpipe...

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products.

Health |
EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enacted

March 21, 2024 at 7:13 p.m.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products.

The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution.

Environment |
Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks

February 7, 2024 at 11:05 a.m.

The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution.

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